Dumping device.



Patnted Apr. 29, |902.

B. F. THOMAS. DUMPING DEVICE. (Application mea Feb. s, 1902.)

(No M-odeI.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF CAMDEN, INDIANA.

DUlVlPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,039, dated April.29, 1902.

A Application led February '5, 1902.v Serial No. 92,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN F. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Carrolll and State of In- 5 diana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping Devices;and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear,

and exact description offthe invention, suchfY as will enable othersskilled'in the art to which lo it, appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relatesto improvements in d umping devices particularlyadapted for cars, Wagons, bins, dre. Its object is to provide a deviceof the above character which x will besimplein construction, cheap ofmanufacture, and eifective in operation.

My invention broadly consists of a receptacle having converging wallswhich form outlets and a plate adapted to open and close said zo outletfixed to a bifnrcated operating-lever which is pivoted at each of itsforks; and it further consists in arranging two of said plates parallelto each other over corresponding outlets and adapting the handle ofoneof these operating-levers to pass Within the forks of the otherlever.`

`In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, Figure l is a plan view of my device, showing in dottedlines the manner of opening the outlets.v Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line x oc, Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I provide a receptacle l, having convergingwalls 2 2 and a central triangular rib or strip 3, Whichforms outlets 4.Suitable stays 5 areprovided to brace said receptacle, and to the uppercrosspieces of two of said stays are preferably se- 4ofcuredinverted-U-shaped brackets 6. Bifurcated levers 6a, having plates7 secured to their lower ends, adapted to open and close the outlets ofsaid receptacle, have their forks 6b pivoted to said U -shaped bracketsby preferably bolts 6c, held in position by nuts 6d. The point ofpivoting said levers is preferably inside the centers of the outlets inorder that their plates 7 will clear the outer converging walls whensaid levers are moved inward and abutagainst the central triangular -ribwhen the levers are moved in the opposite direction. The forks of one ofthe levers are extended sufficiently above those of the other l topermit the handle' of the short lever when moved inward to pass betweenthem. This construction permits the plates to be swung entirely clear ofthe openings, which would not be the case if the levers Were movedoutward, as the sides of the receptacle would interfere with theirmovement, and, further, the direction in which levers are adapted to` bemoved provides spaces for a greaterleverage. With the two outlets thedumping can be more effectively and expeditiously accomplished.

I do not wish tolimit myself to the details of construction andarrangement of parts herein shown and described, as I am fully awarethat the same may be changed and va- Aried without in any way departingfrom the spirit of. my invention and the same may yet remain intact andbe protected.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a dumping device,the combination with a receptacle having converging Walls which form adischarge-outlet, of a vplate adapted to open and close said outlet anda bifurcated operating-lever fixed to said plate at opposite sides ofits center and pivoted to suitable supports. f

2.A In a dumping device, the combination with a receptacle havingconverging walls which form a discharge-outlet, of a plate adapted toopen and close said outlet and a bifurcated operating-lever xed to saidplate at opposite sides of its center and detachably pivoted to suitablesupports.

3. In a dumping device, the combination with 'a Vreceptacle havingconverging walls which forma discharge -outlet, of a plate adapted toopen and close said outlet, stays for said receptacle provided withbrackets and a bifurcated operating-lever xed to said plate at oppositesides of its center and pivotedv to said brackets. g

4. In a dumping device, the combination with a receptablehavingconverging'.Walls and :n triangular central rib which form dis- Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature charge-outlets, of a plateadapted to open and in presence of two witnesses.

close said outlets and bifnroated operating- Y r i q levers fixed tosaid plates at opposite sides of LILNJAMIN F' HIOMA" their centers andpivoted to suitable sup- Witnesses: ports, having the handle of oneadapted to G. W. ARMICK, pass between the forks of the other. ENQCHSIEBER.

